3,778
3.8K
Apr 2, 2011
04/11
by
Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc.
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Type specimen book for Los Angeles Type Founders, undated but before 1978 based on material acquired with it.
Topics: typefounding, type, printing
Cover title
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing, Caractères d'imprimerie, Imprimerie
Source: a
2,736
2.7K
Dec 2, 2011
12/11
by
Baltimore Type and Composition Corporation
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The 1929 type specimen book of the Baltimore Type and Composition Company ("Baltotype").
Topics: typefounding, letterpress printing, type specimen books
241
241
Aug 10, 2010
08/10
by
Thompson Type Machine Company
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Austrian patent 50,876. Filed 1908-03-23. Issued 1911-06-01. Filed by the Thompson Type Machine Company (Chicago).
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
18
18
Aug 18, 2021
08/21
by
Consuegra, David
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319 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Type designers -- United States -- Biography, Type and type-founding -- United States -- History,...
3,166
3.2K
Feb 2, 2011
02/11
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Barco Type Founders
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A specimen book (typeface catalog) from Barco Type Founders, Northlake, IL.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, typography, printing
715
715
Feb 4, 2011
02/11
by
Acme Type Foundry
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Index with specimens of typefaces available from Acme Type Foundry (Chicago). No date, but subsequent to their Catalog 10 (Catalog 6 was 1947) and prior to 1963 (no ZIP code).
Topics: type, typefounding, typecasting, printing, electrotyping
5,447
5.4K
Jul 27, 2011
07/11
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American Type Founders Company
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The [10] leaves are section titles, which vary in color of print and printing stock
Topics: American Type Founders Company, Printing, Type and type-founding, Printing machinery and supplies
Topics: Printing -- Specimens, Type and type-founding, Book ornamentation
1 p., illus., 30.1 cm, trade catalog
Topics: printing equipment, typesetting equipment, school furniture
152
152
Dec 1, 2018
12/18
by
Brady, Philip, 1916- author
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119 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Graphic design (Typography), Type and type-founding, Graphic design (Typography), Type and...
The history of the alphabet.--The early printers.--The early British typefounders.--Analysis of type faces.--The subject-matter of advertisements.--Some principles of type display.--The design and combination of type ornaments.--Harmony of colour in the use of printing papers and inks
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing, Alphabet
475
475
Aug 6, 2010
08/10
by
Thompson Type Machine Company
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"One-Line Specimens of Type Faces for which Matrices can be supplied with the Thompson Type, Lead and Rule Caster." This publication is undated but predates the acquisition of Thompson by the Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1929.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
12,808
13K
Apr 26, 2011
04/11
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American Type Founders Company
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Includes index
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing, Printing machinery and supplies
California Digital Library
21,699
22K
Oct 31, 2007
10/07
by
American Type Founders Company
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Topics: Printing -- Specimens, Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs, Type and type-founding
Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002
Topics: Printing, Type and type-founding
1,172
1.2K
Jul 6, 2016
07/16
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Kehl & Brame, Typecrafters
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Includes index
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing
446
446
Aug 11, 2010
08/10
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Universal Type-Making Machine Company
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This digital reprint contains three partial documents.(1) "The Universal Type Caster: Its Design, Construction, and Operation" (frontispiece and pp. vii to xii). (2) "Universal Caster Matrices: Prices and Rates for Rental" (p. xiii). (3) [quotation quads and quotation quad matrix for the] "Universal Type-Maker." All were published by the Universal Type-Making Machine Company (Chicago), without date but at least two years prior to 1921.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF001681464&ix=nu&I=0&V=D
Topics: Printing, Type and type-founding.
398
398
Aug 12, 2010
08/10
by
Universal Type-Making Machine Company
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Operating instructions and illustrated parts list for the "Universal" or "Nuernberger-Rettig" typecaster. No date, but published at least two years prior to 1921.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
589
589
May 22, 2019
05/19
by
Wyse, Henry T. (Henry Taylor), 1870-1951
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104 pages 30 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing -- Specimens, Alphabet
396
396
Aug 16, 2010
08/10
by
Thompson Type Machine Company
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This is an incomplete typed transcription of material either identical to or very similar to the 1925 edition of Instructions for Operating the Thompson Type Caster, together with printed Plates from that catalog. It is missing its page 1, any front matter, and Plate 28.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
3
3.0
Oct 23, 2021
10/21
by
Blackwell, Lewis, 1958-
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215 p. : 29 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- History -- 20th century, Printing -- History -- 20th century
301
301
Feb 24, 2009
02/09
by
Thompson, S. Millett, 1838-1911
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: Type and type-founding, Legibility (Printing), Proofreading
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=adoWAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
492 p., illus., 18.5 cm, trade catalog
Topics: tool catalog, printing tools, typesetting tools, typesetting equipment, typefaces
747
747
Apr 15, 2019
04/19
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American Type Founders Company
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xvi, 1168 p. 23 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens, Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs
1,081
1.1K
Apr 15, 2019
04/19
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American Type Founders Company
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xvi, 1168 p. 23 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens, Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs
58
58
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141 p. : 31 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- Digital techniques, Layout (Printing) -- Data processing, Computer fonts,...
29
29
May 11, 2021
05/21
by
Blackwell, Lewis, 1958-
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215 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- History -- 20th century, Printing -- History -- 20th century, Printing,...
12
12
Oct 30, 2020
10/20
by
Yelland, Jill
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80 pages : 32 cm +
Topics: Typesetting, Type and type-founding, Printing
5,242
5.2K
Feb 20, 2009
02/09
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American Type Founders Company
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: point, font, lining, oldstyle, type, dissolve, american, italic, human, entitle, equal station,...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=7dYWAAAAIAAJ&oe=UTF-8
Topics: Printing, Type and type-founding, Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs
Topics: Printing -- Specimens Catalogs, Type and type-founding -- Catalogs
2,090
2.1K
Feb 4, 2011
02/11
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Acme Type Foundry
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Type specimen book and price list of Acme Type Foundry (Chicago), Catalog No. 6 dated July 15, 1947.
Topics: typefounding, typecasting, typography, printing
Columbia University Libraries
1,531
1.5K
May 2, 2017
05/17
by
Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (Two Rivers, Wis.)
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Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing
148
148
Aug 13, 2019
08/19
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Lieberman, J. Ben
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142 p. : 29 cm. --
Topics: Printing -- Specimens, Type and type-founding -- History
189
189
Sep 2, 2010
09/10
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Schuyler (Sky) Shipley
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Photographs taken by Sky Shipley of two "Universal Type-Maker" typecasters (commonly known as the Nuernberger-Rettig Typecaster) owned by Dave Churchman, proprietor of Sterling Type Foundry.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
20
20
Oct 18, 2021
10/21
by
Seddon, Tony, 1965- author
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256 pages : 26 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding -- History, Type and type-founding, Printing -- History, Caractères...
346
346
Jul 21, 2015
07/15
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Williams, Robin, 1953-; Williams, Robin, 1953- Non-designer's type book
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Non-designer's design book -- Non-designer's type book
Topics: Layout (Printing), Graphic design (Typography), Graphic arts, Type and type-founding, Computer...
42
42
Nov 11, 2019
11/19
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Buchanan, Carol, 1954-
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136 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding, Layout (Printing)
California Digital Library
6,658
6.7K
Oct 25, 2007
10/07
by
Allison & Smith, type-founders, Cincinnati
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6,242
6.2K
Sep 30, 2009
09/09
by
Boston Type Foundry
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At head of title: First letter foundry in New England. Established 1817
Topic: Printing
Source: bplsc
626
626
Apr 11, 2019
04/19
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Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
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[193] leaves ; 24 cm
Topics: Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens, Printing...
98
98
Sep 17, 2019
09/19
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Wolfe, Gregory, 1945-
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138 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Printing -- Style manuals, Graphic design (Typography), Type and type-founding, Printing, Printing...
1084 p., illus., 28.0 cm, trade catalog
Topics: printing equipment, typesetting equipment, printing tools, typesetting tools, bookbinding tools,...
212
212
Sep 2, 2010
09/10
by
Dr. David M. MacMillan
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Photographs of the Universal Type-Caster (commonly known as the Nuernberger-Rettig typecaster) at Skyline Type Foundry, Kampsville, IL.
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
1,228
1.2K
Oct 22, 2014
10/14
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Cincinnati Type Foundry Co; Barth, Henry; Hunt, W. P; Wells, Charles
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Robinson-Pforzheimer Collection
Topics: bub_upload, Printing, Type and type-founding, genealogy
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=JfRBAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
181
181
Aug 10, 2010
08/10
by
Edward Charles Robert Marks for the Thompson Type Machine Company
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British Patent No. 6523 of 1908. Application date 1908-03-24. Accepted 1909-01-21. Filed by Edward Charles Robert Marks, Consulting Engineer, for the Thompson Type Machine Company (of Chicago).
Topics: typecasting, typefounding, sorts casting, printing type
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71
Nov 23, 2020
11/20
by
Blackwell, Lewis, 1958- author
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215 pages : 23 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding, Type and type-founding -- History -- 20th century, Printing -- History --...
Title and text within single-ruled border
Topics: Type and type-founding, Printing, Printing machinery and supplies
